Parties begin crackdown on errant MPs over Bill

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

Lawmakers who defied party positions during voting on the Finance Bill's Second Reading in Parliament risk disciplinary action.

President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza Alliance and Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja have already initiated punishment of rebel Members of Parliament, many of whom have faced a backlash from supporters.